Preparing for your Forcepoint Endpoint Context Agent installation

Before you create a Forcepoint Endpoint Context Agent (Forcepoint ECA) installation package and deploy Forcepoint ECA in your organization, you must complete the following procedures before you create the installation package:

Steps

  1. Authenticate Forcepoint ECA using client certificates

    The Forcepoint NGFW Engine uses a client certificate to authenticate endpoint machines running Forcepoint ECA. In this procedure, you must establish a certificate authority (CA) for Forcepoint ECA, create the client certificate template, then deploy a unique client certificate to each endpoint machine. See Authenticating Forcepoint ECA using client certificates for the full procedure.

  2. Configure Forcepoint ECA settings in the Security Management Center (SMC)
    In this procedure, you must configure the initial Forcepoint ECA settings in the SMC to create a configuration file. This configuration file is added to the installation package through the package builder. See Configuring Forcepoint Endpoint Context Agent settings in the SMC for the full procedure.